Cant we use them . Thats wow. One of the reasons why he has he just doesnt have Foreign Policy experts around him. Trump asked three times . In an hour briefing, why cant we use Nuclear Weapons . From wondering about the use of Nuclear Weapons to stealing war plans, to reportedly spilling secrets about Nuclear Submarines, donald trump has a long history of problematic behavior with classified intelligence. Well have more on that one reporting. Nuclear, nuclear intelligence, willie. This is, again that and his love of autocrats is a bad mix. Yeah. I mean, we all remember that disturbing time when we said he was ill fit, but, you know, this is a guy that has been reckless with intelligence from the very beginning. I mean, one of his first visitors in the white house, he had the Foreign Minister of russia and the Russian Ambassador to the United States. What did he do . He spilled classified secrets that we got from another country. Had no reporters in there, no u. S. Reporters there, but
Prison in tehran. We will also get an update on the civil fraud trial of donald trump. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you have, no is above the law. It is my responsibility and my duty and my job to enforce it. Today in court, we will prove our case. Amy we will also speak to an attorney suing Columbia University and its affiliated hospitals on behalf of some 300 more patients who say they were sexually assaulted by former Columbia University gynecologist Robert Hadden while they say the university shielded the sexual predator. And we will look at the largest strike of healthcare workers in u. S. History. Were here because we want the world to know kaiser is being unfair to us. We worked to the pandemic and hard times, we are understaffed and underpaid. They are not giving us what we need to take care of our patients properly. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pre
In tribute of the late senator dianne feinstein. They are lining up. They are expected to start shortly. A huge tribute, a huge outpouring, a very emotional outpouring of people who are here just wanting to get one last opportunity to thank her for her service, thank her. Many people said for all that she has done for San Francisco, for the state of california, and also for the nation and you can see right now that they are making their way down the stairs to her casket. They will be singing for a short time and then she will be escorted out of city hall onto van ness and led away. As city hall prepares for her Funeral Services tomorrow. So here live, were about to have a tremendous tribute by the San Francisco gay mens choir. We will have much more of that coming up later tonight at 730 and again at 10 00. And jen, i know those doors to city hall were supposed to close at 7 00 to the public. Do you know if there is still a long line . Would they keep the doors open another 30 minutes,
Yields the big story yesterday. Again, those yields came down as we looked at a jobs market that was weaker than anticipated. This year the 10 year is higher. The 2 year is just above 5 . Well be watching this very closely. Yesterdays story on crude oil prices, investors are worried that higher borrowing costs could dent. People worried that maybe those higher prices are starting to impact demand. This morning, you can see wti at 81 81. 30. Meantime the House Speakers gavel up for grabs for the second time this year, congressman jim jordan and Steve Scalise considered frontrunners. Theyve been making pitches to colleagues. Now, two house members floated former President Trump as a potential speaker, a position that doesnt need to be held a house member, donald trump currently the defendant in a trial. Asked yesterday while attending that trial whether he would agree, he would do himself truth social posted a photo of him holding the speakers gavel. Well talk to bill daley about the rac
Jimmy very nice. Welcome. Hi, everyone. Im jimmy, im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thanks to each and every one of you for coming. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you for clapping, thanks for everything. Hey, remember when donald trump said he would give up tweeting when he became president . That was fun 90. That was a good one. [ laughter ] the president woke up bright and early this morning, the day after what had to be his worst birthday ever. He woke up, walked down the hall to melanias bedroom, the door was locked. [ laughter ] so he went downstairs, punched sean spicer in the stomach, wrestled the phone out of his little pink hands and tweeted about this special investigation into him. You know yesterday we learned that the president is being investigated by a special counsel led by Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice. So this morning at 7 57 a. M. , trump tweeted, you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history le